SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Wofford baseball team was meticulous at the plate all day, working 23 walks between both ends of a doubleheader Saturday to claim both games at Russell C. King Field. With 9-3 and 15-8 triumphs, the Terriers improve to 9-1. The Pioneers drop to 3-5.
 
Game One
 
 Matthew Marchal (2-1) claimed the win in a starting role for Wofford, tossing 5.0 innings with seven strikeouts, surrendering only one run on two hits.
 
Sacred Heart starter Jack Kramer (0-2) suffered the loss after pitching 4.0 innings and allowing two runs on two hits and five walks.
 
Marshall Toole paced the Wofford offense with three hits and four runs batted in, the only Terrier with multiple of each. He also wreaked havoc on the basepaths, swiping three bases.
 
Wofford struck first with a pair of runs in the second. Trey Yunger scored on an error after swiping third to open the scoring, and Connor Larson plated one more with a sacrifice bunt for the early 2-0 lead.
 
A homer in the fourth pulled the Pioneers within one, but Marshall Toole blasted one of his own off the right field scoreboard in the fifth. An RBI groundout in the same inning made the score 4-1.
 
An RBI double in the sixth brought in another run for Sacred Heart.
 
But the Terriers kept applying pressure, plating four more in the bottom of that frame to extend the lead to 8-2.
 
A single to left center brought in a run for Sacred Heart in the eighth, but Toole's single did the same for Wofford in the bottom of the frame, making the score 9-3. That is where it stood as Mike Eggert closed out the contest in the top of the ninth to seal the game one win for the Terriers.
 
Game Two
 
Terrier reliever Zac Cowan (2-0) earned the win after 4.2 innings of work with seven strikeouts. He allowed no runs on just one hit.
 
Jack Bebbington (0-1) took the loss out of the bullpen for the Pioneers after just 0.1 innings, allowing four runs on one hit and four walks.
 
The Wofford offense kept rolling in the nightcap. After six hits and 10 walks drawn in the opener, the Terrier batters knocked 13 more hits and worked 13 more walks in the second game. The free pass proved lopsided on the day, as the Terriers worked 23 total offensively while the pitching staff issued only four.
 
Four Terriers tallied a multi-hit outing in game two, led once again by Marshall Toole with three base knocks. He added three RBI, as did Ryan Galanie. David Wiley brought in the most runs, as he amassed four RBI on two hits, including a grand slam. With two walks, he reached base four times. Toole also worked a pair of walks to reach five times. All nine batters in Wofford's starting lineup reached base at least once either by base hit or walk.
 
The Terriers ran wild on the basepaths, stealing a combined 13 bases between the two games. Wofford added five in game two after swiping eight in the first contest.
 
This time, the Pioneers struck first with a solo homer in the first. But Wofford responded with two runs on Dixon Black's single to hold a 2-1 lead after an inning.
 
However, Sacred Heart found a groove and plated five runs in the second for a 6-2 advantage.
 
The Terriers began to chip away in the third, plating two to pull within two, 6-4.
 
David Wiley helped Wofford flip the script in the fourth. With the bases loaded, the sophomore cleared them by launching his first-career home run, a grand slam, for the newfound 8-6 lead.
 
Marshall Toole's two-run single in the sixth created some separation, and Ryan Galanie's three-run homer later in the inning helped Wofford bust things open. The Terriers led 13-6.
 
A solo homer gave Sacred Heart a run in the top of the seventh, but Wofford added two more in the bottom of the frame to hold firm ahead, 15-7.
 
An RBI single in the eighth gave the Pioneers another run, but it was for naught. The Terriers clamped down and closed out the 15-8 win and doubleheader sweep to claim the series.
 
Wofford and Sacred Heart meet once more tomorrow afternoon to close out the series. The Terriers look for a sweep with a 3:00 p.m. first pitch. Note the game time has changed from its originally scheduled time of 1:00 p.m.